Daily Archives: April 23, 2009

Why Tribune Doesn’t Have Stock Anymore

April 23rd, 2009 | Posted in News

What would be the point? Check this out. If that’s the New York Times’ situation, imagine what Tribune’s would be.

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They Really Don’t Want Him Writing

April 23rd, 2009 | Posted in News

What’s the expression? “Never tick off anyone who buys ink by the truckload?” That’s true of anyone who has a blog. In this case, the axiom appears to be: Prepare to have your every hypocrisy exposed if you fire someone who has a blog. Here’s what happens.

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An Open Letter To Academics

April 23rd, 2009 | Posted in Opinion

Please don’t take this the wrong way, professor, but you are a writing snob. I can’t tell you how many want ads I’ve seen lately for writing coach, tutoring and teaching jobs that my fellow editors and I would be eminently capable of performing. (There are a couple on the Refugee job page right now.) We don’t [...]

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So Now We Know How Much

April 23rd, 2009 | Posted in News, Opinion

Those incentives being sought in court for Tribune executives amount to $13.5 million, Bloomberg reports. A reported $2.5 million goes to pay severance the company owes to former employees. The company needs the $13.5 million to reward the managers “for their extraordinary contributions during an exceptionally difficult year.” (Laying people off is difficult.) Maybe I’m becoming [...]

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